Today we spent a whole day on our research project, although it didn't feel like a whole day! I felt like I was just getting the hang of it then I suddenly saw we only had 15 minuetes left and had a mad rush to finish! It turns out that this was the worst part and there were several mistakes in the template and instructions. Luckily with the support of each other our team managed to finish but I'm not convinced the jobs were sent off successfully but I am hoping and praying that at least most of them work!
How it works is that at Queen Mary we are working on virtual computers and then when we have programmed the files we send them off to Cambridge where lots of more powerful computers process the files. In our case processing the files means looking at the parameters set and seeing how the Zeolites change over time at different temperatures. Usually things expand when they are heated but we are looking for Zeolites that contract and this property is called negative thermal expansion.
I managed to get used to using some basic commands, I learnt that this '~' is a tico, I got a little faster and more accurate at typing, I practised working under pressure and I have definietly built upon my team work skills. Actually I only just realised who good today really was! Even if our simualtions do not work, I have taken alot from today.
I got home today and had a nap on the sofa (I had to go to school for a meeting and didn't want to scare everyone with bloodshot eyes and lack of sleep induced mood swings!) and I kept dreaming that I was still using linex! I was a super fast typer and the words just kept filling the screen but it didn't scare me as much as in real life!
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